UFC 221 'Thrill And Agony' Video: 'The Checks Of The Tongue Are Cashed By The Teeth'

Yoel Romero missed his chance to become the interim UFC middleweight champion when he came in heavy for his fight at UFC 221, but that did not stop him from earning a shot at current UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.

Romero earned that shot with a brutal third-round knockout of Luke Rockhold in the main even of UFC 221, which took place on Saturday at Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.

The UFC recently released a sample of its "Thrill and Agony" video from the event. The video takes a look at the sights and sounds from the fight card that viewers were not privy to when the fight card happened live.

Those moments include Israel Adesanya telling his vanquished opponent, Rob Wilkinson, that four other fighters had turned down the fight he accepted. Also on the sneak peek video is Tai Tuivasa asking for – and receiving – a shoe to drink a beer out of after his knockout victory. The video closes with audio and video of what Romero had to say to Rockhold during their brief and somewhat awkward post-fight talk.

The below video is a preview of the full "Thrill and Agony," which is available on UFC Fight Pass.

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